QuestionWhere can I get examples of the Spars codes online? I mean the ones with the boxes around them, not just the letters DDD, ADD, AAD, etc. Thanks
AnswerHi David,
The SPARS (it's an acronym) codes are listed by the letters, as you mention, and also as a particular code in the CD Header info when a CD is burned. You can find out the codes for the field ("007", they don't mention what the specific name of the field in the CD headers is called) here:
http://wallace.westminster.lib.co.us/techserv/CatalogingManual/MusicalCDs/SPARS%...
I don't really understand what you mean otherwise - unless you mean you want digital images of the standard format for the codes just like the "Compact Disc" trademarked logo?
If so, I've not been able to find any. Honestly, they would not be difficult to scan in from a CD or better yet, create with just about any graphics program, although I've noticed that over the years, the SPARS code has more or less slowly disappeared and it's rare to find except for older recordings that have been remastered and released on CD after formerly only being on vinyl.
Anyway, aside from just making them yourself (san-serif font, with a simple box around it), you might want to contact SPARS directly and ask if they have digital copies available. That would be the only alternative since they don't seem to show up in image searches in any of the major search engines.
Heck, we may end up making up our own and putting them up on our studio Web site at http://sound-o-mat.com along with the other logos that are standard for CDs that we have and use.
Good luck! Cheers, Wink
